Lacing-hook.



w. A. DUNHAM. ucms HOOK.

(Application filed Mar. 5, 1902.)

A (No Model.)

Patented Aug. l9, I902.

WITNESSES:

rut Noam: PETER co. MLM, WAMINQTOM. 0. t1

a all whom it concern.-

y and also as a fastener i-lacing, Myinven'tion, consists in-a lacing-hook 1:15. which maybe usedin the' same way that the I I .ordinary hook is usedto" receive'the lacing WILL RD A. nine een, or w MonTH, MASSAcHusETTs;

' SPEGIFTCATI ONformingpart'ofvLetters Patent No, 7,07,0910,datedeugustlQ,1902;

- Application'filedlllaroh 5, 1902.

.Shoes, Gloves, and the Like, of which the following isaspecification. i My invention relatesz'to: an improvement 2 1o upon the ordinary lacing hook whereby'it 1 maybe made to be used bothjas a lacing-hookf for the ends' of the as it is zigzagged from one'hook to the other I p across theopening ofthe;shoe,but which may" 5 also by reason of itsp'eculiarv construction in ["zo jaddition receiye and bind'theend of thelac-.

ing', so thatit need not betiedin l My invention'will be understoodbylrefer l; 3 enceto the drawings, -in which' f l. Figurel is ap'lan showing ,fourofniylac-i z5ing -hooks attached-near two e'd'gesofythe *opening in a shoe, Fig. Z-beinga-sectionon line22'of Fig. 1, and Eig .,3;a section on line I a 3 3 of-Fig. 1, thelacing being outlined in Figs. Zand 3. Fig.4 is a plan of a partially 0 made "lacing-hook, Showing theablmkforv the hook prop p v p f A is the 'attaching-Hinernber of, the-device, p which comprises, preferably; an eyelet, as; l shown, although it may be made withp'rongs l. or in any th d irable way, Fromthis 31hr J taching member extends the tongue B, like thatofthe ordinary lacing-hook, Sofarvrny; y H *devic'e is'identical in appearance with the ordinary -lacin'g-l1ook,-such as is'w'ell known 40 in the market. 'In addition, however, my r F hook has a second tongue C, which,'as-shown,

,(see especially Fig. 4,) is cut'from thecentralportion of the tongue 13, butisbent dofwn I p w to form twogchanibers, one, b,be'tween, the" attaching memloerand the lower tongue-O and the other, b,", between the*lower tongue 1" and the upper tongue B. The space'b, be "tween theattachinginemberAandthe tongue 0,15 large enough tohold theshoe-lacing', a and the'spacebQ'between the tongue 0 and thetongne B, is'also large'enough toallow the lacing to be given'a turn about the d e vice'and to be'enteredvinto thehooklaga'in in I the space b,between;these twotongues. l The tongue 0 has spring. enough to allow it to give slightly, asmaybefrequired' by the thick- 1 nessjof'the lacing. This will bo -understood from t Fig. 1, where 1;) indic'atesthe lacing,

which in the "ordinary lacing of the hookat Y the top" of the shoe isgiven'a second turn about the hook, its end passing between the two tongues and therebeing jainrned'in place.

While mylacing-ho ok may bet-made of wire I bent into the required'shap'e, I prefer to make it of sheet metal, and in Fig. 4 I'show a blank from which it maybemade, the eyelet being shown as already forme'dand the other parts 1 being letteredas inthe other Views,. E,being, "the shank which joins ithe-etongues'withthe leyelet',flan.d O' being slits which, separate'the tongueB frornthejtongue 0.; {In-the finished hook the shank E m be rounded or flat, as

be roundedor flat, accordingto the taste; I

' haveshown the slits 0 extending to theextreme edge of the blank, softh'at thetongne I thought best, andthe'finished tongue'B may B is forked,'as I prefersuch construction;

there are, in efiect, two tongues,jwhich are bent substantially atrigh t an glesto the shank,

the one under the other, so that the upper the lower.

but myinvention relatestoa device in which 1 one'form's, as itwere, a protection or cover for have no-appearance of jn ov'eltyto fthe pu'r- I chaser, that itmay-be-attachedto the shoe an'dl u'sed either as an inter'rnediate hookbetween the ordinary eyelets and the top of the shoein precisely'the way] inwhich the ordinary hookiis at presentfused or'as a fasteningehook at the top ofthe'shoe. 1; A nother advantage of this construction l'iesin the ifa'ct'ethat where,.as is sometimes thecase, a

shoe-lacing breaks itmay' batempo'rarily used 'by giving it'a turn about the last hook which it will reach and in'the sameway giv-jingtto the detached end a oouplei of turns around the same hook, after which'the'usu'al lacing process may'becontinned.

My device can be made at nolg reater expense than the ordinary hook, for the reason that all that is necessary is to change slightly the shape of the cutting and forming dies, so that they will cut out a blank having the two tongues and will bend this blank in the manner shown, so that each tongue can be effective.

of sheet metal and cut in the manner described, for it comprises a lacing-hook having an attaching member and two tongues forming two chambers separated from each other by the middle tongue, and, moreover, this middle tongue may be bent slightly, as at a, so as to form a rib to assist in holding the second turn of the lacing in place. It is also evident that this device may be used as well upon gloves or in other like places as upon shoes.

' What I claim as my invention is- 1. The one-piece lacing'hook above described, comprising an attaching member, a shank and two tongues integral therewith, and projecting laterally from the same side of said shank, one B, of said tongues form-v ing the head of said hook, and the other tongue 0 being stamped out of said tongue B, and both tongues projecting laterally from the same side of said shank, the tongue B lying over the tongue 0 and forming a protection therefor, and the tongue 0 being bent down somewhat to divide the space between It is apparent, however, that this invention is not limited to a fastener made the tongue B and the attaching member into two chambers, one over the other and both over the attaching member, each chamber being of sufficient size to receive a lacingcord, as and for the purposes described.

2. A blank for a lacing-hook comprising a portion to form an attaching member, a portion extending laterally to form a shank, and a portion beyond said shank to form a lacingreceiving member, said attaching member, said shank portion and said lacing-receiving portion being located in the same straight line, said lacing-receiving portion beingprovided with two slits extending in a straight line from its extreme edge toward said attaching member parallel with the length of the blank, whereby said lacingreceiving member may consist of two tongues, one of said tongues being forked, the other tongue being formed from the portion of the blank between said forks, the two tongues being capable of being bent, the one under the other, to form two parallel coextensive chambers, the one over the other and both directly over said attaching member, as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my name this 26th day February, 1902.

WILLARD A. DUNHAM.

Witnesses:

FRED. H. LANGHORST, SAMUEL D. GRossMAN. 

